Friday, 1 January 2016

How To Prepare For IBPS Exams Without Coaching Classes?

With the competitive exams becoming a part of all the selection
processes, it has become necessary for the aspirants to study for these
exams in the most efficient manner. It is not very difficult to clear
these exams, but with some study techniques and preparation ways, it is
easy to clear the competitive exams. In today’s time, many a numbers of
student take the IBPS exam for a promising career.

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is an individual
body which organizes different Bank exams every year, earlier, these
tests were conducted offline, but since the year 2011, these exams have
been happening online, though the candidates are required to visit the
exam venue for giving the exam.

This article will help you to prepare for IBPS exams, following are
the points which you need to take care of while doing self -study:

Your main Question is

How do I prepare for the IBPS Bank PO Exam without coaching?

Know The Pattern Of The Examination:

To prepare for a competitive exam, it is very necessary to know about
the patterns of that particular exam, this will make sure that you
don’t miss any of the topics.

Know, Where Do You Stand:

Sometimes while preparing and covering all the topics some aspirants
fail to do this first step, thus the scope of improvement in already
covered topic is ignored. The challenge for the aspirants is the
pressure of time, as one has to answer 250 questions in 150 minutes,
which means you only have 36 seconds for each question. So, before a
final revision it is compulsory to know that how much you know and much
is left so that you don’t waste a single moment during the exam.

Keep Practicing:

The saying “Practice makes a man perfect” is definitely a perfect
saying for the students who are preparing for IBPS. The more time you
will spend on practicing, the better will be the efficiency in the
examination. So, for the banking examinations you need to be sure that
you put hours for practicing each topic again and again. It is also
better to sort out the topics which need extra time for practicing.
To clear the IBPS exam, all you need is the right approach with good
strategies for getting the required marks.

In IBPS-PO there are five core sections, namely reasoning, mathematics, English, general awareness and computer awareness. It's a test to check your efficient time management skills.

Reasoning: The reasoning section is one of the most crucial sections in banking or any other exam. In PO, they usually test analytical & logical reasoning skills of the candidate. It is almost and always verbal.

Mathematics: They test the calculative skills of the candidate through this section.

Data interpretation & data sufficiency comprises around 40%-50%(be ready for surprises, IBPS is very unpredictable, or at least has become so from 2015) of the maths syllabus and rest is normal quantitative aptitude.

English: Read the good stuff as much as you can. Strengthen your vocabulary and perfect your grammar. Get your hands on writing as well.

Books: High School Grammar by Wren & Martin(S. Chand Publications); General Objective English by R.S. Agarwal.

General Awareness: IBPS
tests your banking, financial and marketing knowledge in addition to
current affairs and very little(hardly 2-3 questions) static general
knowledge as well.

Books: Well, there's no specific book for this section, but you can go for Banking Awareness from Arihant Publications and you can get various Capsule type stuff from Merit mock - IBPS PO, SBI, RRB & do subscribe to Mint newspaper.